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Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Tract 26081010601 Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 26081010601 · Kent County, MI · pop 4,219

Tract 26081010601 sits in Kent County, MI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. It is home to 4,219 residents. Cost burden runs 74% here against 43.7% across Kent County.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 1% Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units1,566
Renter share5.6%
SVI overall0.02
Poverty rate0.8%
Median income$131,875

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within county
13 th percentile
Rank, 13th percentileLowHigh
#127 of 145 tracts In Kent County
Very Low
Within state
26 th percentile
Rank, 26th percentileLowHigh
#2,190 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Low
National
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#67,219 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Kent County and the region

Centroid at 43.1813, -85.6253 · click any tract to drill in

Why Tract 26081010601 scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
State baseline
3.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
0.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
State baseline
3.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0

How Tract 26081010601 compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Tract 26081010601 risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0106014.2Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 2

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress

Eviction-adjacent indicators

Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Tract 26081010601

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.2/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10. Against the Kent County average of 4.2, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.2 points.

Food insecurity runs 10.3% against 17.8% nationally. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Only 6% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.

Model confidence here is 65%, lower than typical because some ACS inputs for this tract carry wide margins of error, so read the score as a band, not a point. Poverty sits at 1%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 26081010601

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26081010601?

Census tract 26081010601 in Kent County scores 3/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the poverty rate in tract 26081010601?

0.8% of residents in tract 26081010601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,219.
Q3

How socially vulnerable is tract 26081010601?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 2th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 2th, household 37th, minority 14th, housing 2th.
Q4

What share of households in tract 26081010601 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.8% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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